Holograms aren’t just for science fiction anymore. Earlier this year we reported a story on a company that secured the rights to take Notorious B.I.G.’s likeness on tour, via hologram. Before that we saw Tupac rock Coachella. Sprinkled in for good measure we’ve seen Michael Jacks … | Continue reading
London-based Pusher, the company powering The NY Times’ live election results and DraftKing’s fantasy scoring results, just raised $2.5 million to up its stakes further. The money came from SaaS Capital, which focuses on debt financing aimed at the Software as a Service (SaaS) sp … | Continue reading
GUEST: If there’s one thing you can say about chatbots, it’s that there’s a lot of buzz surrounding the phenomenon. There’s an excitement in the air that hasn’t been around for some time. The pending bot revolution also comes at the right time. Even with the success of Pokémon Go … | Continue reading
French erstwhile portable media player manufacturer Archos is releasing a new phone this fall called the 55 Diamond Selfie. It feels misleading because it doesn’t involve diamonds, and it doesn’t do anything to improve your selfies. A press release describes the phone as having " … | Continue reading
Japan loves its mobile games. While nearly a third the population of the United States, the island nation spends almost three times as much on mobile games. In fact, Japan spends more than number two (China) and number three (The United States) combined. This according to a recen … | Continue reading
VR is widespread in design, education and entertainment. But before VR hit the mainstream, it was first and foremost an important resource for our armed forces. After decades of perfecting VR in military applications, we are finally making this concept of “inhabiting” a computer- … | Continue reading
The use of mobile devices by parents to keep their kids occupied is fairly well established, but a new study indicates that those devices' calming effect may even be useful for surgeries.A new study being published by the World Federation Of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) … | Continue reading
This spring, I shared the international trailer for Guardians, Russia’s answer to Marvel superhero movies. I wrote then about the value of many international tributaries feeding into modern mythology. American action films, in particular, have been guilty of villainizing foreign … | Continue reading
Nest Labs, the maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors, is parting ways with a few dozen employees who work on its Internet of Things platform. According to a Fortune report that we’ve independently confirmed, those employees are joining Google per a restructuring. Both co … | Continue reading
Google parent company Alphabet is moving some developers from its Nest subsidiary over to Google as the latter ramps up its efforts in the smart home, The Verge has learned. These engineers are mainly responsible for the Nest platform, and they will now be working with Android ch … | Continue reading
OnePlus kicks off school's return with its own Back to School sale. Via the company's online store, you can grab accessories for up to 70% off. | Continue reading
The Nanofarm is a stackable, miniature plant environment that allows owners to grow produce indoors. The invention is available for pre-sale on Kickstarter from Replantable. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Kickstarter, Tech, Vegetarian, and Greenhouse | Continue reading
EcoLiv Sustainable Buildings have designed Eco Balanced, a single story prefab retreat on the rugged coastline of Victoria, Australia. | Continue reading
Elite House was completed in 2016 by Russian studio Chado. The house has an area of 650 square meters and 8 rooms. | Continue reading
This duplex loft for a model and single mother living between LA and NYC was completed by Reddymade Architecture and Design | Continue reading
The supposed danger of digital media made headlines over the weekend when psychotherapist Nicholas Kardaras published a story in the New York Post called "It’s ‘digital heroin’: How screens turn kids into psychotic junkies." In the op-ed, Kardaras claims that "iPads, smartphones … | Continue reading
Designed by Palinda Kannangara Architects, this building is a green project conceived for living, work and leisure. | Continue reading
ZapChain, the Bitcoin-based content sharing and tipping platform is soon going to shut down. The Reddit like social media platform focused on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency technology has announced its impending demise on its user’s timelines. The notification on states, “ZapChain wi … | Continue reading
This countryside retreat was completely renovated by Chango & Co. 6,500 sqf Colonial-style country home in Northwestern Connecticut | Continue reading
Today, Parrot announced its new Parrot Swing and Parrot Mambo Minidrones. The Minidrone line serves as a good entry point for people looking to get into the hobby, with their smaller, cheaper, and more toy-like designs versus larger and more expensive models like Parrot's full-si … | Continue reading
The HB Ring allows you to see and feel the heartbeat of a loved one. It starts at $599 for a pair, which can be connected to an app to connect your ring to your partner's ring in seconds. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Jewelry, Technology, Ring, and Real Time | Continue reading
Today the Brand Newsroom team looks at how brands use humour to interact with their customers on social media. Is it ever a good idea? Or can it spectacularly backfire? And, sometimes, are brands perhaps using humour in the hope they will “go viral”, rather than focusing on first … | Continue reading
A few months back I wrote about the upcoming Where Cards Fall, a coming-of-age story made in part by Alto's Adventure [$3.99] developer, Ryan Cash. Today, I got my hands on the first trailer for the game, and it looks wonderful in a pensive - and possibly sad - way. Snowman and T … | Continue reading
Blogging is a great front door for any individual or organization because it is real estate on the web that you can own. | Continue reading
Today, Snapchat unpublished its official Facebook Page. While we were unable to secure an on-the-record quote, it seems that the move was simply one spurred by lack of interest. The last time the Page had been updated was August 2013. After failing to update a Page for two years, … | Continue reading
The European Commission has had Apple's taxes under a microscope for the past three years, and they've finally determined that their behavior is illegal. | Continue reading
Uber, which recently began beta-testing low-cost rides in San Francisco, may have competition. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is set to do the exact same thing — with Waze. Specifically, sources claim the rides would be at “far cheaper rates” than Uber or Lyft curren … | Continue reading
Google is running its own ride-sharing service in San Francisco, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move would put Google in direct, immediate competition with Uber, which helps explain even further the recent departure of Alphabet executive David Drummond from Uber’s board. Go … | Continue reading
Life has brought you to Tim Allen’s official forum.Naturally curious and bored at work, you skim the list of sections. Beneath a few sub-forums pertaining to "Tim’s Movies, TV and Books," you find the more evocative secondary message boards. These are "Tim’s Favorite Things."Ther … | Continue reading
The second generation Boosted Board could not be cooler. The electric board has been completely revamped and is the same price as the first generation. Ride on. Read more...More about Mashable Video, Commute, Review, Second Generation, and Boosted Board | Continue reading
The headliner of today’s Snapchat update was undoubtedly geofilters. Unless you’re a design whiz, creating geofilters previously was best left to the professionals. Now, Snapchat has customizable geofilter themes that anyone can use to create really cool filters for birthdays, we … | Continue reading
Snapchat has unpublished its official Facebook Page. Snapchat declined to comment as to why the page is no longer available, but a person close to the company told VentureBeat that the main reason was simply due to the lack of use. As Snapchat continues to grow and plow ahead, th … | Continue reading
Fine whiskey and expensive watches are two things that go together — both are pricey luxury items that cater to a very specific and overly affluent demographic, and are, for better or worse, associated with the advertising-built image of the so-called "modern gentlemen." If you p … | Continue reading
It’s time for some more monster husbandry. Publisher Square Enix’s Collective program has introduced the independently developed monster-raising role-playing adventure Legend of Lumina. As with all Collective projects, the Final Fantasy publisher is inviting fans to vote on wheth … | Continue reading
Apple isn't letting any secrets slip before its Sept. 7 event, but a move by one major accessories maker hints that we may indeed see the end of the iPhone 7's headphone jack. SEE ALSO: Apple sends out invites to iPhone 7 launch eventAlthough no official announcement has been mad … | Continue reading
Google is launching a new ride-sharing service focused on carpooling, reports The Wall Street Journal. Google launched a carpooling service through its Waze product back in May but it was limited to “a select group of employers” in the Bay Area. Google is now said to open the pro … | Continue reading
Samsung SDS, an IT affiliate of the South Korean electronics giant, is one of 17 new members to join the Hyperledger Project. | Continue reading
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump had a slow fundraising start in Silicon Valley. In the June lead-up to the final state primaries, Trump had raised very few dollars in the region that’s typically lucrative for political contenders. A TechCrunch analysis of Federal E … | Continue reading
GUEST: Since 2014, there have been more mobile devices in the world than desktop computers, and people spend more time browsing the internet on their smartphones than on their desktops. So companies simply cannot ignore mobile as a channel to reach their consumers. Today, marketi … | Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago we posted a trailer for an interesting upcoming game from developer Legal Radiation called Line Defense, that looked to take the classic planet-protecting gameplay of Missile Command and blend it together with elements of brick-breaker Arkanoid and even a bi … | Continue reading
Last weekend, Will.i.am's customized and heavily modified Tesla Model S was spotted street-parked in Beverly Hills. Luckily (or unluckily, depending on your aesthetic sensibilities) for us, someone captured a walk-around video of the thing.From the detailed video shot in the dark … | Continue reading
Digital hospitality platform Velocity announced this week that, following its $16 million Series A last year, the company raised $22.5 million led by DIG Investments. The company creates curated dining experiences for time-poor diners looking to expand their horizons. The money w … | Continue reading
Searching for mobile apps on a desktop is a real pain in the ass. Rather than the sleek and semi-intuitive App Store residing on your iPhone, you get arduous task of finding what you need on iTunes. Nobody wants to mess around with iTunes anymore. If you know what you’re looking … | Continue reading
I was scurrying across the Sinai Desert today in the open beta test for Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1 game. The new Battlefield is one of the biggest games of the fall season, debuting on the PC and consoles on October 21. EA was no doubt eager to spread the world about Battlefi … | Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Open-source big data software company Cloudera wants to do more. About one month ago, Tom Reilly, the company’s chief executive, approached Intel with a proposal requesting $1 billion in new money, a source familiar with the matter told VentureBeat. The companies have … | Continue reading
Google DeepMind is launching a project to reduce the time it takes doctors to prepare treatment for head and neck cancers. Alphabet’s London-based artificial intelligence division has partnered with the UK’s National Health Service and will be conducting the research in coordinat … | Continue reading
The code-diggers of Reddit have pulled up some interesting language in the guts of Pokemon Go that indicates a slew of long-desired features are on the way. | Continue reading
Intel has detailed its new Kaby Lake processors, and they’re 4K video beasts. Unfortunately, the chipset believed to be included in the upcoming MacBook Pro isn’t noted. What gives? There are three new Kaby Lake processors: the ‘U’ series, ‘Y’ series and ’S’ series. The U is best … | Continue reading